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Thursday, March 10, 2011
Quick Imagine Card and GIVEAWAY!
After updating my Imagine machine the other day, I decided to play around with the Better Together Imagine cartridge. There are just the cutest images and paper patterns on there! I just LOVE IT!
For fun, I pulled out this 4-1/2" x 4-1/2" clear acrylic card (by Close to My Heart) and thought it would make a fun background. The solid yellow is cardstock but everything else was printed on the Imagine.
I loved this flower and bee - the flower was pop dotted all over, including the face (which is pre-printed with the eyes and smile, etc.). The "Happy Spring" sentiment is from My Creative Time's Color Me Happy set and the flower stamp is from Close to My Heart.
Laying flat, you can see the background inner paper through the front. I also inked the edges of the acrylic with black Staz On ink.
For the inside, I cut a scalloped circle and adhered it so it remains hidden by the larger circle on the outside.
How about a giveaway!??
Who wants to win the Better Together Imagine cartridge?
How can you win?
1) Leave a comment letting me know what you think about the Imagine machine.
2) Subscribe or follow the blog!
That's it! Winner will be announced on Sunday, March 13, 2011, along with the ATG winner!
Subscribe to Obsessed with Scrapbooking to learn more about ways to use the Cricut in your scrapbooking!
316 comments:
What a pretty album! Not sure if the first commenter ever wins...but thanks for the chance to win! cjdempsey9 at msn dot comReplyDelete
That cart is so cute! Thanks for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
sabtlb2001 at gmail dot com
Tracie Brown
Hello Joy,ReplyDelete
Love the card. So happy! thank you for the chance to win. I don't have an Imagine yet since the price was a little high but definitely on my wish list! Thank you for sharing such a happy card!
alicewong at telusplanet dot net
- SHELLEEMarch 10, 2011 at 9:50 AM
Very cute card--and a great idea to put it on the clear acrylic! it adds great dimension to the work.ReplyDelete
I love all of my cricut products, the personal (original), expression, gypsy and my imagine! The Imagine has so many ways to use it along with being adaptable to printing or just cutting! Love it! Would love to win the cartridge! Thanks!ReplyDelete
This a very cute card. I dont have an imagine, It makes me wish I did. Can you print the papers on a regular computer? I would still love the cart just for the designs even if you cant print the papers.ReplyDelete
I just love my imagine. I still only have 3 carts for it though. I would love the win this cart. Love the papers & such cute images.ReplyDelete
What a beautiful card!!! I love it! :) I think the Imagine machine is interesting and would be fun. It's just out of my price range. Thanks for the chance! :)ReplyDelete
What an adorable card. Didn't know you could make a card with acrylic, so different. Thanks for a chance to win. HAPPY SCRAPPIN.ReplyDelete
That would be so great, I love your card, you are so right...what adorable images! Thanks for the chance to win :)ReplyDelete
I sooooo ADORE My IMAGINE GIRL!!! all the great possibilities that you can create with just one single cartridge. I would really love this cartridge it has been on my wish list from the moment it was released.ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for the fabulous inspiration and the give away !
Hoping to get an Imagine soon so I can have fun with it too. The card and cartridge are both adorable. Pick me...Pick me!ReplyDelete
What a cheerful card! I don't have this machine, but a friend loves hers. So it's on my wish list. I'd love to win, an addition reason to get one!ReplyDelete
Thats such a cute card, and a great idea. Thanks for the inspiration.ReplyDelete
I love your card!! Great way to use the clear acrylic!! I am dying for an Imagine but I am waiting for the price to go down. But I love it!! Is so versatile!! TFS!! Take Care!!ReplyDelete
Jennie @
I love it!! So springy!! I'm so ready for spring. Hmmm...A comment on The imagine machine, I don't have one yet but I can see it makes a colorful diecut. I wonder how long the ink last?ReplyDelete
I love this card! It is so pretty and colorful! I don't know a lot about the Imagine yet. Thanks for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
sandyh502001 at yahoo dot com
The Imagine makes card making easier. So nice to not have to search for the exact right paper.ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing
Love your beautiful card and the colors on it. Thanks for the chance to win. I love the imagine :)ReplyDelete
I cannot wait to get the Imagine. It looks so cool. Thanks for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
Your card is adorable and what do I think of the imagine? I wish I had one! Someday.ReplyDelete
This is such a colorful card. It really brightens up my day here in cloudy Michigan.ReplyDelete
I'm still on the fence about the Imagine - but the more cute cards I see like this, the more tempted I am! Thanks for the giveaway!ReplyDelete
Very cute card...I loove the colors! The Imagine cart is so super cute! I would love to have it! Thanks for the chance to win!ReplyDelete
I'm still on the fence too...definitely thinking about it. Adorable creation!!ReplyDelete
That card is so adorable!!! I'm still deciding if I need the imagine too, love to see what you do with it!ReplyDelete
Love your cute card and I really like the acrylic flap part of it. Thanks for a chance to win. I just bought an Expression but love what everyone is doing with the Imagine.ReplyDelete
Cute...love the acrylic. Would love an imagine!ReplyDelete
Duboismd @ charter dot net
Beautiful card, love the use of acrylic. TFSReplyDelete
Love the imagine!
I love anything that is bright. What a delight full card. TFS!ReplyDelete
Krysta Mc
Joy, I would love to win. You did a great job with the design of your card. I have never created a card using acrylic, what a neat concept! TFSReplyDelete
that is a lovely cartridge and I'd be happy to own it...thanks for the chance!ReplyDelete
Oh my! I love this card - seriously. And I would adore this cartridge. I have a sad lack of Imagine cartridges - and I have come sooo close to purchasing this cartridge sooo many times. It is such a fun yet practical cartridge.ReplyDelete
xx Susan
Cute card! I LOVE my Imagine; I don't use it as a replacement for my E but I am sooooooooo glad that I have it. I don't think I've made a card without it since I got it...it really, really adds a lot to a project! Thanks for the chance to win this cart...I've got my fingers crossed!!!!ReplyDelete
WOW! What a generous giveaway! I love the Imagine machine and would also love the Better Together cartridge! Thank you so much for the chance to win! :)ReplyDelete
What an adorable card, it is just too cute. Love the colors, shapes and acrylic base, love it, love it!!!ReplyDelete
I think the Imagine would be awesome but at the moment way out of my range.ReplyDelete
The cart looks like such a fun one.
Thanks for the chance to win.
oooh everytime I see something with the Imagine I have wunderlust... Thanks for the ideas! :) -marciaReplyDelete
Thank you so much for the adorable card. Never saw and acrylic card before! I just ordered the Imagine (cricut.com has an amazing price) and am looking forward to being able to customize my cardmaking and scrapbooking!...ReplyDelete
Thanks for the chance to win!
lavendarandroses at sbcglobal dot com
I love my imagine machine and have had this cart on my wish list. woulod love to win it. Thanks for the great giveaway. TrinityReplyDelete
I really like the Imagine, I just wish I had more space so I could play with it more. :) Thanks for the awesome give away. I've been wanting this cartridge for some time now!ReplyDelete
Lovely album. Thanks for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
I think I would like to have an Imagine machine. That card is adorable!ReplyDelete
that is just too precious joy, I don't have an imagine, but hope to get one very soon.ReplyDelete
thanks for sharing
The Imagine sure has some lovely images! Thanks for the opportunity to win a cartridge.ReplyDelete
I don't have an Imagine but its on my wish list. I think it would be great because you can match colors so easily. thanks for the chance to win. I am a follower and subscriber.ReplyDelete
Love it!! So cute!ReplyDelete
Love this album!! I just ordered the Cricut Imagine!! Can't wait to get it, so I really need some cartridges and this one looks great!!Thanks!!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the chance to win. I don't have an imagine yet...but hoping someday. Have a great day!ReplyDelete
{love} the card!ReplyDelete
Love this! I was thinking as I was admiring your talent that I really need to get this cart! I'm just starting to really explore my Imagine and I must say I really do love it! Thanks for all you do!ReplyDelete
I think the Imagine is a great tool! I just have to use mine more often! Thanks for another great idea!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 10, 2011 at 11:46 AM
I don't have an imagine yet and have not actually seen one operate...love the posts and creativity...would love to win a cartridge...thanksReplyDelete
This is a super cute card!ReplyDelete
I don't have an imagine, but I have a nice friend who lets me play with hers, so I'd love to win & have something fun to share with her! Thanks for the chance.
I really want an imagine but it is so pricey it is a pipe dream right now. Maybe Black Friday. I AM going to have one, however. Thanks for the chance to win!ReplyDelete
Wow! That is an amazing card! I'm going to have to try the acrylic backgrounds!ReplyDelete
Can you use the imagine carts in the regular cricut? i would really like to know if that's possible, because those are amazing images!
I think the image machine is awesome! What will provo craft think of next...love your card...colors are fabReplyDelete
I just ordered the Imagine and I can't wait to play with it. Thanks for the chance to win a cartridge for it!ReplyDelete
I had no idea you could do this with the imagine. I have seen it in the stores, but I am a recent cricut expression owner. I had the small one for a year and only used it once because I only owned one cartridge. Then my Mom purchased the expression from Walmart on clearance in January so I have acquired many carts from ebay since then and now am the new owner of a gypsy. So the imagine is something I want someday, but because of the cost it wont happen for awhile. The card is adorable. I would love to be able to do this, I always have a hard time picking out paper to use for my cards at the store so I wind up with a lot of unused cardstock. It would be nice to be able to just buy white cardstock and print everything. Thanks for the inspiration.ReplyDelete
What a great idea! I have never seen a card made using the acrylic... I really like it! I have an Imagine and I just love it. The images and patterned paper on Better Together are awesome.. thanks for the chance to win it!ReplyDelete
Soo cute!! Love your ideas and tips! Love the inspiration!!ReplyDelete
This is one of the cutest cartridges I have seen. I would love to be blessed to win this one.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 10, 2011 at 11:54 AM
Oh my, the card is just TOO CUTE!ReplyDelete
I am a subscriber and love your blog. Thank you
Debbie G email@example.com
Great card - love it. I want to win the card -lol.ReplyDelete
mmlmn @polarcomm.com
Love your work! I love my Imagine. It was my best crafting purchase I have ever made. I could not craft without it. I would love to have the cartridge!!!ReplyDelete
I love this card, but am still not sure about creating pre-printed items -- it seems like cheating. . . at least with my cricut people can SEE the work that went into the piece of art I have created.ReplyDelete
LOVE my Imagine! And I don't have that cartridge yet :)ReplyDelete
Love your blog, too! Always full of inspiration and Cricut updates. Thanks.
Hi Joy,ReplyDelete
I do not have a Cricut Imagine Machine, but am thinking of buying one, so if I win this cart it would be a great addition, thanks for all your ideas, they ROCK.
Love the card! I love my new toy (Imagine) and with all the new updates it gets better every day! Thanks for offering such a great giveaway.ReplyDelete
totally cute card!! I love the Imagine! and I would so LOVE to win this cartridge.ReplyDelete
thanks for the chance.
Love the card. I just love how the clear cards have so many fun possibilities.ReplyDelete
The imagine is such an amazing machine! I'm currently saving to buy one and winning this cartridge would give me incentive to save more!ReplyDelete
oh my gosh! your card is beyond inspiring! i love the clear acrylic base! what a fab idea!! i think the imagine is so fun and versitle!! the possibilities are endless!ReplyDelete
The Imagine Machine!!! What a great Machine!!! Printing and cutting!!! Design your very own projects with the pattern of your choice!!! Great Great Great!!!!!ReplyDelete
Your creations are very beautiful and creative!!!
Thank you for sharing!!!!!
The Imagine machine looks like fun! Thanks for the great giveaway and beautiful card!ReplyDelete
I follow your wonderful blog! Thanks!ReplyDelete
I love your card! I own the imagine, but I'm still learning how to use it. I do like the machine even though I'm not yet proficient on using it yet. I'd love to make a card like yours.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the chance to win!
Love the card! I'd love to get this cartridge-incentive to buy the new machine! It looks like a lot of fun.ReplyDelete
As I learn more about the Imagine I can see how wonderful it would be to own one. I just love my Cricut products and use them all of the time. Thank you for the chance to win such an amazing prize.ReplyDelete
isabelzito at verizon dot net
What a neat card! i love the clear acrylic card! the Imagine looks so cool! I love how it can do so many things, i'd love to win that cart!ReplyDelete
Great card. I would love to win a cartridge.ReplyDelete
Love your card. The layers are wonderful! I have a Cricut but the Imagine would be fun to grow into. The functionality would be lots more than the Cricut. I follow you through my email and love to check out all your projects. Thanks for the chance to win! Have a wonderful day!ReplyDelete
I have been resisting the Imagine because I'm a paper stash addict. But, this card on the acrylic is just about the cutest ever!ReplyDelete
Very pretty card! Thanks for the inspiration for using the Imagine. I like my Imagine, but have not fallen in love with it yet, still learning. I don't have this cart, but would love to win it!ReplyDelete
LizW in TX
awest424 at att dot net
- phyllisMarch 10, 2011 at 12:18 PM
really love what you did with the card . i just bought myself the small one and have used it only 2 times . but seeing what you have done makes me want more and winning the prize would help since i only have a couple of sets . thank makes me want to go try some more with mine.. thanks again.. phyllisReplyDelete
oh this is pretty as a picture Joy. Love the acetate front and all those layers not to mention the bright cheert colours. A smashing card.ReplyDelete
I'm still using my expression so can't say what I love about the imagine other than I'd love one lol
Thanks for the chance to win the cart, it's been on my wish list for a while now:)
Anne x
The imagine looks like fun. I love how it all coordinates!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 10, 2011 at 12:20 PM
Cute card. I especially love the patterns and colors you chose for the cuts. TFS I hope to purchase an Imagine in the near future. This would start my library.ReplyDelete
This is one of my favorite cards that you have done.ReplyDelete
I love what the Imagine can do.
- AnonymousMarch 10, 2011 at 12:22 PM
OK, this is a funny story. I was so excited about the card idea AND the give away, that I tried to subscribe for a chance to win, and I was denied because I am ALREADY subscribed! I was like, DUH, I just got the email about it. This acrylic idea came just in time for me to send out my daughter's (imagine me screaming it in "Oprah" fashion), "Very Fairy Birthday party!!" She would love this cart as much as I would. She's going to be 7!! Thanks for the chance to win! Dawn email@example.com
Sooo Cute!!ReplyDelete
That is such a cute card! I would love to have the imagine, but haven't got one yet. If I won this cart it would give me incentive to buy one! LOLReplyDelete
This is a really adorable card. I've seen the blanks in the CTMH catalog, but wasn't sure how they'd look - and they look great! Thank you for sharing this with us.ReplyDelete
As far as the Imagine, I don't have one yet, but this summer - - I like the idea of being able to design my own paper, for the entire layout or card!
Blessings, Donna
The card is too cute:) I love my expression and am trying to decide if I want to get the Imagine or not. I have been seeing some really neat things that are made with the Imagine, but am still on the fence about it. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
- Inez MontemayorMarch 10, 2011 at 12:33 PM
That is such a cute card! I love my Imagine as much as I love my Expression. I love the fact that you can print and cut, or just cut. It's also great that you don't have to run to the store for paper if you run out, just pick a design and print. Thanks for the chance to win! email@example.com
- AnonymousMarch 10, 2011 at 12:33 PM
What an adorable card, and that Cricut cartridge is perfect. Thank you for sharing and for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
SWEET card!!!! I would love this cartridge. I really like all of the features of the Imagine. I just received an Imagine for my birthday, but have not had a chance to actually play, but you have definitely given me more inspiration to do so!!!!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for sharing and for the awesome chance to win this cartridge.
great card so cute! i think the imagine is amazing and i donno how provo craft is going to top it. thanks for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
This is just the cutest and in time for spring.ReplyDelete
Love, love, love this card!! I think the Imagine is pretty dang cool, it's on my wish list right now. I'm heading off to find some of those clear cards now.ReplyDelete
I LOVE the Imagine and all the fun things it can do. LOVE the card you made with it too--just super, super cute!ReplyDelete
I lOVE the idea of what the imagine can do...However I am still on the fence B/C I am afraid that it will turn into "a money pit" with ink refills etc... I just got the expression about 6 months ago so I think I need to be satisfied for a while. However the E2 it catching my eye!!!ReplyDelete
Valerie Martin
That card is super cute. I am hoping to get an imagine really soon. I love the idea of printing a cute image and not having to cut it out by hand!ReplyDelete
I just ordered an I a few days ago & can't wait to get it. I need carts!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 10, 2011 at 12:50 PM
Cute card! Love the look with the clear acrylic base.ReplyDelete
Well, I would love to tell you what I like about the Imagine machine, but I just got mine yesterday and haven't had time to play with it yet. I know that I love the idea of being able to print and cut. I only have the cartridge that came with it, so I'm sure I'll be looking for more. Can't wait to really be able to use it. CindyReplyDelete
Super cute card! I love love love this Imagine machine! I wish I was super rich--I would get it in a heart beat! Wish I had one! LOVE it:)ReplyDelete
Don't have the Imagine yet-too expensive, but love my Expression & Gypsy. Still don't have very many carts though. Would love to win-thanks!ReplyDelete
ckrut at hotmail dot com.
Cute card! I have had the imagine machine for a couple months and feel like I still don't know how to use it properly! Started the updates from this week but they are not done yet -- can't wait for it to have the same functionality that the gypsy or design studio does so that it's easier to size things. I still only have the Imagine More cartridge that came with it so I'd love to win! Thanks!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 10, 2011 at 1:01 PM
I LOVE LOVE the acrylic, will definately have to check it out !!! My imagine cuts moe precisely and i love the option to color fill any image..especially for the flesh tone!! This cartridge looks interesting, would love to explore it more...thannks for the chance to win it...I have been a follower for a long time, I always check out your blog and recieve your emails, thankx for all the help they give me !!!!ReplyDelete
Love your project. I don't have the Imagine yet, its on my birthday list though!ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing your project and the awesome chance to win this cute cartridge.
I love being able to print and cut images with my Imagine. The co-ordinating papers on the cartridges make it easy to make a beautiful projects.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the chance to win.
WHAT A CUTE CARD, IT IS SO SPRINGY!! HERE IN MN WE SURE COULD USE SOME SPRING..LOL!! THANKS FOR THE CHANCE TO WINReplyDelete
Hi Joy! I love this card last week when we were on the cruise is the first time I got to use the Imagine & now I can't wait to get one! Your card is adorable.ReplyDelete
Your card is beautiful! I love the scrylic! I love that I can change the color of anything I want with my Imagine and I am excited for the gypsy update! Thanks for the great giveaway!ReplyDelete
I like my imagine but am hoping with the new craft room to really love my imagine. I have been designing in the craft room and can't wait to see if it cuts like I think it will. Thank you for the give away.ReplyDelete
Joy I love your card and I love my Imagine machine!ReplyDelete
Cute card! Nice to see all that can be done with the Imagine.ReplyDelete
- Tammi AmataMarch 10, 2011 at 1:25 PM
That is an awesome card and puts me in the mood for Spring. Thanks for sharing your projects. Great inspiration!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 10, 2011 at 1:32 PM
What a beautiful card!!! I love it! I think the Imagine machine is interesting and would be fun. It's just out of my price range. Thanks for the chanceReplyDelete
That is a cute card!!! I love how you can make your own pattern paper with the Imagine. It does have such cute patterns.ReplyDelete
stanner58 at yahoo dot com
Wow, this is fantastic!! Thanks for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
OMG, this is such a cute cartridge! I would love to have it as one of my first Imagine Cartridges... I purchased an Imagine online and it arrived broken and has to be sent back... I am so bummed I have to wait to play with it! Thanks for the chance to win this darling cartridge! email@example.com
First of all your card is so lovely and adorable cute! : )ReplyDelete
Second....pick me pick me pick me
I love the tree w/birds & flowers on it in that cart! Oh that machine is marvelous!
Have a great day!
The card is very cute. I love my imagine, though last week I was ready to chuck it cuz i could not get my paper to show I just need to go to print paper for it to show lol. Thanks for the chance to win. SusanReplyDelete
Adorable card. I love my Imagine because you can never run out of possibilities, even if you are not a creative genius.ReplyDelete
I think the Imagine looks awesome.ReplyDelete
Your projects are wonderful. Your clear card is darling, Joy! I imagine i be owning my own Imagine! Thanks Joy!
I have a lot of fun with my Imagine. My only complaints are that the paper does not stick to the mat at all and I have had a few issues with it becoming uncalibrated quickly. It will cut and print well for a few times and then seems to be off so I have to recalibrate it again. Thank you so much for the great opportunity to win!ReplyDelete
lklebs1 at yahoo dot com
I love your card!ReplyDelete
I LOVE my Imagine but it takes a lot of patience... When the Imagine is finally able to work its full potential it will be more than awesome! And it is almost too big to take with me to crops.
Thanks for the chance to win!!!
<3 <3 <3
Lisa Kay South Ogden, Utah
What a great card and cartridge. It does have cute cuts and patterns on it. I really love the imagine because you can print your own patterned paper. Everything coordinates so no more hunting for the "right" color. I just wish I had more time to play with my imagine.ReplyDelete
cathieforman at hotmail dot com
This is so cute, but, I am not having any luck getting bright colors like this card. I only have the cartridges that came with my image, so maybe its based on what the cartridge does,???? I would love the chance to try an new cartridge, Love your blog and have passed it on to lots of my peeps.ReplyDelete
the little girl with the dog image - ahhhh gee that is so good. love the acrylic card. cool.ReplyDelete
Lovely card. When the Imagine first came out, I wasn't too interested in it (plus the price).ReplyDelete
But now I am slowly changing my mind. I know they have it on sale at the Cricut site. It's sooo tempting!!
So much to say---1st, I can't "Imagine" living without my IMAGINE now that I have it. It is just so fantastic to know that you aren't going to run out of coordinating papers and patterns when you're designing (especially a scrapbook). Second, I just love your bright and cheerful card. The colors show off so well on that acrylic background. Third, I would so love to win a new cartridge for my Imagine. After investing in the machine I've had to make do with the three cartridges that came with it. Thanks for the chance to win!!! BTW yesterday's post was great. I read it before I updated and it was great info. Knowing how long the process was going to take kept me from wondering if something had gone wrong during the update.ReplyDelete
It the perfect card to fitting the weather here today. it reminds me of springtime. I thought to use acrylic to make a card. Thanks for the idea I might just borrow it. I love my Imagine and would love to add this cartridge to my collection.ReplyDelete
I LOVE my Imagine machine and would just love to have this cartridge. Thank you so much for the opportunity to win!ReplyDelete
Deanne G
I love my Imagine. I just find myself going back to the Expression because I'm familiar with it. I hope I'll be more inclined to use it after I apply the update. I love what it does, but wish there were more on the web about it.ReplyDelete
What a pretty card, I love that flower and those papers are just gorgeous!!ReplyDelete
I don't have an Imagine, I have been on the fence if I want one or not but lately the thought is appealing to me more to have at my hands, coordinating paper anytime I need it! Thanks for the chance to win!
What a cute card!! I'm loving the Imagine and getting ready to order one so I'd love to win this cart. It looks fabulous!!ReplyDelete
Omg! I love my Imagine but I only have the carts it came with. I would love to have this cart. Wonderful papers on it.ReplyDelete
I love the Imagine!! Wish I had one. Soon I hope. Hubby keeps asking me questions about it. Crossing my fingers. I think the best part of this machine is that you can create any color scheme that you need. Thanks for the chance to winReplyDelete
reissfam10 at aol dot com
Great card!! I am slowly warming up to the Imagine, I am just waiting till all the kinks are worked out and already the price is coming down!! Too bad the E carts are going up in price everywhere!!ReplyDelete
Happy Crafting!!
Karen firstname.lastname@example.com
would be so delighted to own this cartridge, it would add such fun and beauty to my pages and cards...ReplyDelete
wHAT A COLORFUL, CUTE CARD! tfsReplyDelete
What a cute card. The cartridge would be great to have. Thanks for a chance to win itReplyDelete
kwillis_15 at yahoo dot com
Next to my family of Bugs and my beloved Gypsy (who never, EVER leaves my side), it's one of the best investments I've ever made! And I'm on Cloud 9 now that I can use my Gypsy to control it!ReplyDelete
I love, love, LOVE my Imagine! I'm finding new and more creative ways to use it every day!
Your acrylic card is gorgeous, Joy! TFS, and thanks for giving us all a chance to win this amazing cart!
The Imagine scared me at first but now I think that it is a wonderful tool. Thanks for the opportunity to win.ReplyDelete
I don't have the Imagine, but would sure love to when the price hopefully comes down. Thanks for the chance to win. Love the card.ReplyDelete
I have my Imagine on order...just waiting for it to ship. I have updated my Gypsy, ordered and received two cartridges...thought I could load them to the Gypsy and just play without cutting. Surprised I need the actually Imagine. Waiting.....ReplyDelete
Thanks for a chance to win this cartridge!
I'm a subscriber to your blog. Enjoy it!
I would love to win the cartridge! I have enjoyed this blog and look forward to seeing it. I love making clear cards, too!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 10, 2011 at 3:16 PM
cARD is SO CUTE! I've been DROLLING over this cart for the last week! Thanks for the chance to win! I LOVE the IMAGINE!ReplyDelete
I love the Imagine! I wish I could take it with me everywhere!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 10, 2011 at 3:27 PM
Have followed you for a long while. I and some others only have Expression so we are hoping you will not do Imagine things and forget about us:)ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing and all you show us:)
Looks like a really cool cart ... and I LOVE LOVE LOVE that card you created. TFSReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 10, 2011 at 3:30 PM
If I won the new cartridge, I'd HAVE to buy an Imagine. Darn the luck!! tee hee hee TammyK.ReplyDelete
I love the imagine. I am having so much fun printing and cutting! Thanks for a chance to win.ReplyDelete
I love my Imagine~~I just need to play with it more :)ReplyDelete
It is my favorate machine of all. It cuts ,it prints. On the imagine I like you can change the colour of your images and you can use all the part of an image either as a whole image or pick and choose a layer. It is the easiest and most straight forward to use.ReplyDelete
I don't have an Imagine yet, so I am drooling over all the projects. I am saving for it and plan on getting it soon (maybe in a couple more months). Thanks for the chance to win this cart.ReplyDelete
I love my cricut imagine. Because you can color,cut and print. I think it is best. I love how the ink dry so quickly. I love all of cricut products.ReplyDelete
Have a great day :)
Throw my hat in for this drawing because winning that awesome machine is the only way I will ever get it!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the opportunity Joy.
I always enjoy your card making skills.
Best wishes
Very pretty! I am DYING to get the imagine! Maybe if I win this it will put me over the edge :)ReplyDelete
I just ordered my imagine machine !!! can't wait to use it!!! this would start my collection!!!!ReplyDelete
so tempted, it's just so danged expensive! can the regular cricut cartridges be used on it? I definitely could not afford any cartridges so winning 1 to be able to use might tip me towardReplyDelete
Wow! I love the images on this cart! I'd love to have an Imagine ~ I just got my first Expression for Christmas and have been having so much fun creating with it!ReplyDelete
Beautiful Card! I don't have an Imagine, but maybe if I win this cartridge my husband will buy me one!!!ReplyDelete
I love, love, love my Imagine and would love, love, love to win the Better Together Cartridge!!! I use my machine for almost every layout and card I create.ReplyDelete
That's a very cute card, so sunny and cheery, just right for spring. I would love to win this cart, I could put it to good use.ReplyDelete
I love it, I love it, I love it! and I have a huge wish list including the imagine machine. I could do so much with my grand daughters!ReplyDelete
Another darling card Joy! I am seriously considering the Imagine but have not taken the plunge...now that the price is coming down....it may be time.ReplyDelete
I would love the new cartridge!
- AnonymousMarch 10, 2011 at 4:38 PM
I LOVE MY IMAGINE,HOPE I WIN.ReplyDelete
I'm not so sure yet about the imagine. I got my Expression not that long ago, so I'm waiting...ReplyDelete
brigitteetleschats at hotmail dot com
I LOVE my Imagine! I would love to have another cartridge for it and this one looks great. Your card is very cute, TFSReplyDelete
Love this card. I, too, love my Imagine, and would love to have this cartridge for it.--RyansmaamaReplyDelete
Very cute card. I don't have an Imagine yet either but I think the carts are very cute.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 10, 2011 at 5:07 PM
Thats a really cute cart. Thanks for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
Your card is adorable. Love the acrylic base. I love my imagine and the things I have made from it so far. I would love to have this cart to add to my few that I already have. Thanks for the chance to win it.ReplyDelete
- KarenLinPAMarch 10, 2011 at 5:24 PM
I love my imagine! That is why I am heartbroken that I just had to send it back. I was finally getting around to using it & understanding the features, and then pffft! It starting making an awful noise that couldn't be fixed. So back it went to PC. I don't have the Better Together cart so I'd love to win -- thanks for the giveaway.ReplyDelete
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- Leigh AnnMarch 10, 2011 at 5:26 PM
I THINK THAT THE IMAGINE MACHINE IS AWESOME !!! AND IT JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER !!! leighkalbfleisch at hotmail dot comReplyDelete
What an adorable Card - I don't yet have the imagine but it is on my "need to have" list! I love the fact that you can never run out of the perfect paper for a project - even if you make mistakes when measuring and cutting (not that I ever do that!) ;)ReplyDelete
Love the clear card. Have only tried clear tags, but this is just adorable!!ReplyDelete
I love my imagine, although really looking forward to the new software. Just to be able to move around, and have more options.
Would love to add this cart to my small collection of imagine carts! Thanks for the chance to win!!
this is so cute, bright and cheerful for spring!ReplyDelete
I have the Imagine on my short wish list boy would this tip the scales!!
I love my Imagine! Can't wait for them to make it compatible with the design studio. I don't have that cartridge yet I was trying to decide if I really liked it or not. You definitely made mind up. Your card is adorable.ReplyDelete
Amazed! I went to a 3 day scrapbooking getaway and some one brought their imagine. I got little scrapbooking done because I was busy looking at all the different cartridges. Beautiful! Just got a machine but only have 1 cartridge. Would love to win : ) Thanks for the lovely cards you show us!ReplyDelete
Becky H.
SOOOO cute!!! Love the color and the images.ReplyDelete
I don't have an Imagine but dream about owning one some day.
Thanks for sharing all this wonderful projects.
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That is the cutest card. I love the use of clear acrylic. The cartridge is a must have. Sweetest face on the flower.ReplyDelete
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Linda in Stanwood
Adorable card. I think the Imagine itself is an amazing invention. However, I'm really not impressed by most of the cartridges for it. So it is definitely not something I'm ready to invest in at this time.ReplyDelete
The card is adorable, I certainly love seeing all your designs! I just recently upgraded to the Expression, so the Imagine isn't on my list for right now. Maybe in the future ;)ReplyDelete
Adorable Card! I'm gonna have to check out the Better Together cartridge. I LOVE LOVE LOVE my Imagine. It saves me money and time! It's different functions areReplyDelete
great for the scrapbooker, card maker and any type of crafter! Thanks for the chance to win this cartridge!
Sandy in Utah
Wow - what a gorgeous card! I don;t have an Imagine but I have a baby bug. I know I could do great things with this cartridge!ReplyDelete
I'm warming up to the Imagine. The cost and ink cartridges have been the biggest determent. Love the card! It's one of the reasons I'm starting to think on the positive end. :-)ReplyDelete
Very cute card. TFS.ReplyDelete
Adorable card! I would love to win this cart. I don't have many cartridges for my Imagine b/c of the cost. Thanks for the give-away :)ReplyDelete
I love your card; sooo cute! That cartridge is actually on my wish list! I'd love to win it!!! I love my Imagine. I find myself using it for cards mostly . I made my first layout with it the other day and am really going to try to use it more for that. I really loved how it turned out!ReplyDelete
Love your card! I don't have an imagine (yet!), but the more I see the more I love it. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
This card is adorable - I love the use of the acrylic and the "happy flower"! I like the Imagine because you will always have the right color of paper and if you want to make something in a hurry everything coordinates. I don't have this cartrtidge yet and would love to add it to my collection - thanks for the chance!ReplyDelete
I've seen some cute projects come out of the Imagine. I hope to have one someday.ReplyDelete
I am so excited about this giveaway! I have an Imagine and haven't even tried it yet. I have been afraid because of all the problems. I think now is the time to update and try. I love the card. Thank you!ReplyDelete
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I do not YET have a Cricut Imagine... but this cart can be used in the NEW Expression 2. In addition the images are adorable as evidenced by the cute card! It would be wonderful to win this cart. Thanks! joconn9567 at gmail dot comReplyDelete
Love my imagine! Just updated my Gypsy, kinda of afraid to do my Imagine after all the comments about it, but what the heck...I'll just DO it!ReplyDelete
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When is it time to install new siding? Unless you are building a new house, you will probably be stuck with the material that was applied when the home was constructed. If you are starting to notice that the exterior of your home needs a facelift, or the siding is looking worn due to neglect, then you may be in the market for new siding.
Regardless of whether you are building a new home and need new siding or looking for replacement siding, shopping for it can be daunting. New siding is available in many choices in composition, size, style and color. Furthermore, some siding is factory finished and other siding is finished on site. The most common types of siding include:
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Yes, spring is my favorite season. How can I resist? Every living thing seems to be bursting with energy: our garden is explosively green; newborn finches are chirping outside of my studio window; friends are calling for last minute barbecue invitations. Hibernation is over, and I am loving it.
Spring produce is in full effect at the market, and peas are happening. This soup is simple, flavorful, and honestly highlights the deliciousness of ingredient. I was amazed that the cooked peas stayed so green, even when I continued to enjoy the leftovers throughout the week. Feel free to serve the soup warm or cold - either way, it's damned good!
INGREDIENTS - adapted from Darina Allen's inspiring book Forgotten Skills of Cooking
(printable recipe)
- 2 strips of bacon, chopped
- 1 spring onions, or 2 scallions, sliced thin
- 4 cups shelled peas (about 3.5 pounds of peas still in their pods)
- sprig of mint (plus extra mint leaves for garnish)
- 5 cups good quality chicken or veggie stock
- plenty of sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon agave nectar
- 2 tablespoon heavy cream
Add cream, and puree soup. Serve with a few mint leaves for garnish.
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'Sex Tape' an X-rated tale with a PG plot
The high-concept comedies spawned by "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" need to start using birth control.
Judd Apatow's landmark film rightfully ushered in a new era in comedy, but it has also inspired a now sizable cottage industry of thin movies ("The Hangover," "The Five-Year Engagement," "Bad Teacher," "Horrible Bosses," "The Other Woman") with concepts boasting good titles but shallow stories.
Of these, only one ("The Five-Year Engagement") had Apatow's imprimatur. He and his cohorts have mostly moved on to telling stories about various seminal chapters of life - child birth ("Knocked Up"), high-school graduation ("Superbad"), young parenthood ("Neighbors"), 30s singledom ("Bridesmaids"), middle age ("This Is 40") - and many of these make up some of the best comedies of the last decade.
"Sex Tape," however, belongs to the former group and it marks a low point despite coming from several Apatow acolytes. It's directed by Jake Kasdan, a consulting producer on "Freaks and Geeks" who went on to direct "Bad Teacher." "Sex Tape" reteams that film's lead duo, Jason Segel (a near constant in Apatow-land) and Cameron Diaz, the always game, wide-smiling muse for what's now been several generations of comedy.
A screwball that takes its genre literally, "Sex Tape" is about a West L.A. married couple, Annie (Diaz) and Jay (Segel), trying to reawaken their love life after years of marriage and two kids. Following failed attempts with double-knotted roller skates and new venues like the kitchen floor ("I can see my to-do list," says Annie), they settle on making a porn for themselves that tours through the positions of "The Joy of Sex."
In the first of many outlandish plot twists, Jay hands out his old iPads like party favors at a get-together of friends and family. Hours afterward, an anonymous text makes him realize that each iPad has their video stored on it, due to a syncing app he favors. The technological premise has already been debunked, but that's a minor issue for the movie.
While this set-up could have gone somewhere interesting (shouldn't the video go viral?), the screenplay by Segel, his writer partners Nicholas Stoller (the director of the far superior and somewhat similarly themed "Neighbors") and Kate Angelo bizarrely settles for a suburban nighttime odyssey wherein Jay and Annie try to take back the iPads.
This includes a stop at their friends' house, a similar couple played by Ellie Kemper and Rob Corddry; a visit to Annie's prospective new boss, a family website CEO who wants to buy her blog (Rob Lowe); and a Los Angeles pornography warehouse (with a memorable uncredited cameo by Jack Black).
In short, it's a PG plot for an X-rated story. The movie is so desperate for laughs that it resorts to gags like a chasing dog that can open doors and Lowe's family guru doing cocaine lines with Slayer pounding. Segel's gratuitous full-frontal nudity in "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" was far funnier and more surprising than anything in "Sex Tape." He has slimmed down notably, seemingly going for a more grown-up (and, alas, less funny) screen presence.
To its credit, there's a lightness to the film and the performers are uniformly likable. When Kemper and Corddry appear (their couple yearns to see the video as their own turn-on), you wish the movie would stick with them and their nervous energy.
"Sex Tape" tries to somehow bridge the gap between the traditional romantic comedy and today's porn-addled digital world. It's a valiant effort, and there is something — though only very little — of Cary Grant's scampering in "Bringing Up Baby" to Segel's mishaps around the CEO's mansion. But "Sex Tape" doesn't sync.
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Critical rating: ★½☆☆
Running time: 95 minutes


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Bowline Comes Untied, Climber Falls to Ground
Bowline comes undone—again.
June 2 started for Coby Cooper like any other afternoon at the crag. With the blazing Texas sun on the horizon, he relaxed in the shade beneath the New Wall on the Barton Creek Greenbelt near downtown Austin. Seemingly out of nowhere, a woman slammed into a rocky outcrop only eight feet from where he stood. The end of her rope dangled 25 feet above the ground.
Minutes earlier, on toprope, Jennifer Knowles had started up Mr. Slate (5.11), a 50-foot limestone sport climb. This well-traveled route starts on School Boys Indirect—a popular 5.9—and goes straight up at the obvious roof.
Knowles had smoothly climbed to the crux roof, then botched a techy sequence and fell. Her knot, ostensibly a double bowline, held momentarily before "unraveling," according to her belayer, Megan Frank.
Nearby climbers rushed to the rescue. Knowles had landed in a seated position, and was quickly laid on her back by another climber, Dr. Jim Robin. Despite the savage impact she retained consciousness and was able to speak.
Cooper quickly used his cell phone to call 911, only to find that authorities needed a street address to locate the scene. After several minutes of confusion, a nearby taco stand provided enough reference for emergency crews to triangulate the accident site. They arrived within half an hour.
Tommy Blackwell, another local climber, was walking away from the crag when a climber on his way out to meet the ambulance rushed by him with news of the incident. Blackwell, a former police officer, ran back to the New Wall to help coordinate the rescue effort. He managed to speak briefly with Knowles, confirming that she had used a double bowline. She was soon strapped to a stretcher and carried the half mile to the ambulance and then on to the hospital. Her injuries included a fractured pelvis, ankle, sacrum and two vertebrae. At press time she had already started climbing again.
Most people who use a bowline will say that they do so because the knot—in contrast to the Trace-8 knot—is easy to untie after it has been weighted. Yet this same attribute—the bowline's propensity to remain pliable, especially if it has not been put under pressure by tightening or a fall—has resulted in the knot inadvertently coming untied. In some cases, the knot has worked itself loose over the course of a multi-pitch climb, but there are also examples of the knot coming undone during a single pitch. A stiff new rope can be a contributing factor.
In this accident, as in most of the others, it is difficult to say whether the knot came untied, was tied incorrectly, or partially tied. It is possible that most accidents involving the bowline were the result of user error. Perhaps that is because the bowline is a relatively complex knot in comparison to the Trace-8, which is easy to inspect since the rope runs parallel through the body of the knot. The bowline, on the other hand, is not intuitive to tie and difficult for an inexperienced climber to check. Knowles' belayer thought that her partner's knot was properly tied.
Over the years, Rock and Ice has reported on several accidents caused when a bowline knot has come undone. These accidents might have been prevented if the climbing team had followed the standard procedure of visually inspecting the climber's knot to determine that it was properly rendered, as well as confirming that the belay was rigged correctly before the climber begins the climb. Every climber should diligently follow this procedure. Make it a ritual, perform it with attention and never skip it. Furthermore, no knot is complete unless you yard on it to tighten it, and finish it with a stopper knot.
Finally, use a Trace-8 as your tie-in knot. It can be a hassle to untie after you yam onto it a dozen times while working your project, but that's what you want from a knot. Climbers are injured or killed in accidents involving the bowline, but rarely the Trace-8. Think about it.


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Seed of change is a project aimed to reinforce the role of young people with fewer opportunities in their access to social rights by the means of non-formal education has been launched throughout the eight cities around the globe. One among the eight cities, Kathmandu also had its inception of the project from the September.
It is funded with the support of the European Commission. This project is launched globally throughout eight countries four countries from European continent consisting of host country Italy, Spain, Lithuania and Greece and four countries from other corner of the world consisting Nepal, Argentina, Kenya and Colombia.
The project focuses specially on urban youth with fewer opportunities and from disadvantaged background empowering them by the non formal education with their active participation in different activities like Gymkhana comprising, active video research, traditional games, access to job workshop, art workshop, advocacy campaign, peer education and international youth meeting.
With the theme of empowering disadvantaged youth by the non-formal education, aware them about their social rights in a participatory approach and activity based research, seed of change is seeking for the change in disadvantaged youth of Nepal. Worldwide Nepalese Students Organization Nepal had undertaken the responsibilities for this project for the Nepalese disadvantaged youth.
It will call for 20 main participants under the age of 15-20 years from different disadvantaged neighbourhood to carry out the activities designed for them. Along side this project not only aims to empower few youth but also could benefit the society and community with 331 other indirect beneficiaries, as they will be participating in various activities along with the participants benefitting the community to realise about the opportunity and equality for all.
This project provides an opportunity to one Nepalese youth to have an international voluntary service in Greece for one month as a youth exchange program and will be sharing inter culture exchange and youth practices. Also, it has provided an opportunity for four youth and one youth worker to attend the international youth meeting to be held in Palermo, Italy at the end of the project to represent their country.
Seed of change is comprised with the intention to contribute recommendations regarding the youth policies, in the way non formal education contribute to awareness and fulfilment of social rights for young people from disadvantaged background to the government of Nepal. It also lights on the development of the good practice guide as an outcome and experience of the gymkhana activities.
It expects to sow seed of change and create differences in the lives of people; also it yields four major products as good practice guide on gymkhana, video on social rights, photo album about the entire project to disseminate in the public and recommendations to the government about youth policy.
It has a participatory approach towards the youth indulgence to aware their social rights, fight against poverty and exclusion and to make them actors of change to make equal society which can guarantees their social rights in any social and economical crisis.
Nepal under the political instability and fresh in federalism and public consciousness has not been able to execute the guarantee of social rights, neither it has been able to channelize the disadvantaged youth as skilled manpower of the country. A void has been created to achieve their dreams and their reality. Thus this projects aims at least to aware and empower fewer urban youths from the disadvantaged background uplifting their personal status in terms of ability, skill and social rights.
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Splash from the past: Briteway Car Wash in Marshfield gets art deco makeover
Briteway Car Wash on Route 139 may have a high-tech new interior, but its exterior appearance hails from the early 20th Century.
The car wash's vintage, art deco design is the brainchild of architectural illustrator Peter Whitman of Marshfield, and is part of a recently completed $1.4 million renovation.
Paul Vercollone, vice president of Verc Enterprises, the Duxbury-based company that owns the car wash, said the renovation began with a need to replace the wash's septic system. Eventually, Verc opted to pursue a complete overhaul. In addition to a new septic system, the car wash's new features include a ``touchless'' car wash system, a cloth tunnel and improved water recycling.
It also includes Whitman's art deco design, which he said just came to him upon looking at the building, which was built in 1974, before it was renovated.
``You know, the classic era of the automobile was really around the art deco era,'' Whitman said, referring to the 1920s and '30s when art deco was a dominant architectural style.
Incorporating the art deco concept of using symbolic architectural elements, Whitman envisioned the pediment on the roof of the building above the drive-through as evoking the grille of a classic car.
Vercollone said he was excited with Whitman's concept and sees it as one more way to stand out to customers.
``He was way outside the box with materials and making it look different,'' Vercollone said. ``We like to offer the community something pleasing to look at.''
This is not Verc Enterprises' first foray into architecturally appealing car washes. The company's car wash in Norwell won the 1994 ``Car Wash Beautiful Award,'' issued by American Clean Car Magazine, a trade publication.
``I'm sure Marshfield will be an award winner as well,'' Vercollone said.
A.J. Bauer of The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, Mass.) may be reached at email@example.com.


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This is the first-ever Iron Cupcake Earth challenge, and when I saw that our challenge ingredient was Chili, I was immediately transported from my provençial French home to the warm, lush city of Guadalajara, Mexico. (Ok, I don't have some sort of monopoly on teleportation, I meant in my mind.) During my graduate work at the University of Arizona I promised myself I'd participate in their Summer in Guadalajara program where you get to hang out in one of the most beautiful and cosmopolitan cities in the gorgeous country of Mexico, take in the culture by living with a host family, and hablo & estudiar by taking Spanish classes. After a few years of living near the Mexican boarder and taking the odd Spanish class I was really excited to actually experience Mexico in an authentic way, rather than just heading with friends Puerto Peñasco and hanging out at the taco stand & lounging on the beach all weekend…
I lucked out and lived with a really lovely family for six weeks, soaking up all the culture & cuisine possible. My family had four daughters, ranging in ages from 10 to 24 and they were as diverse as could be and made my time with their family truly memorable. One of our favourite snacks when I was there was squirting fresh lime or orange juice onto watermelon hunks, then dusting with chili powder. It was heavenly. We would also do this with a very dense sort of a corn-flour lightly-sweetened chocolate cake which my Señora said was just a mistake she once made making a traditional cake but became a family favourite. I didn't ask her for the recipe – don't forget, up until about 2 years ago I didn't even have a stove! I didn't cook or bake, so I didn't yet have that reflex. I hadn't thought of those chili-spicy-sweet-tangy snacks in forever, and knew my mission was to embody the spirit of that délice in my cupcake.
I can't get masa flour here in France, and it is a very special day when I can find real cornmeal, so I was a little stumped on how to recreate the texture of my host-Señora's chocolate cakes, but looked up and saw a jar of almond meal on my shelves and had a moment of union with the universe! I started jotting down the draft for the cupcake recipe, but how to infuse it with the sweet tang of the citrus? Well, let's get zesty! With my trusty zester in hand I got giggy with some limes & oranges, but a piece of the equation was missing… des orangettes! Or candied oranges or oranges confits! However you say it, it's what I had in my imagination. I'd never even thought of trying to make something like that, but I did have a big, beautiful bowl of oranges on my kitchen table…
The Iron Cupcake Challenge really became a true challenge for me. I have but rarely created a pastry recipe, generally relying on my favourites from my cookbooks. I felt like some sort of vegan pastry explorer and it was thrilling. I also really got my kicks making the orangettes – if someone a few years ago told me I'd be hootin' it up on a Friday night making candied oranges I'd have said "balderdash!", but there you go. It was surprisingly gratifying seeing how well they turned out, and how easy they were to make. I was as giddy as a teenager who sees her high school crush (this could have been from the Saint Emilion I was sipping though…). I am thrilled to say in all sincerity that these cupcakes were (cause they are so gone) amazing, some of the best I've ever, ever made. I did end up making two batches to try to get the right amount of chili pepper taste, but both batches were delicious – the first one only had the slightest hint of heat. It was the texture that really had me bluffed – the almond meal gave these cakes this wonderful mouth-feel that allowed for a very light and airy crumb, but a more toothsome bite. The frosting was also just perfect (if you love chocolate…). They have a very complex flavour, but not a "bite". My 3-year-old loved them and wasn't overwhelmed by the spice at all.
Following are the recipes you need to recreate this deliciousness. After that is some voting info if you'd like to vote me into the upper-class of Iron Cupcake Challengeness & help me maybe win a prize. The prizes are pretty sweet : the talented CAKESPY is contributing, as is JESSIE STEELE APRONS, CUPCAKE COURIER, and TASTE OF HOME. I really like prizes, just sayin'…
Chili-Citrus Cupcakes con Orange Confit
1 batch Candied Oranges for garnish. The recipe I used is here. I blanched the orange zest three times. Reserve 2 tbsp of your syrup for frosting.
1 batch Double-Chocolate Chili-Citrus Frosting (see below)
1 C. AP flour
1/2 C. Almond Meal
1/2 C. Dutch Processed Coco
1/4 C. Brown Sugar
1/4 C. Xylitol
1/2 C. Sugar
2 teaspoons Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
2 teaspoons Cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon Cardamom
1/4 teaspoon Nutmeg
3/4 teaspoon Salt
Up to 1/2 teaspoon Cayenne (a 1/4 teaspoon will still give you a little a good dose of chili spirit)
1 tablespoon Lime Zest
1 tablespoon Orange Zest
3 teaspoons Ener-G Egg Replacer
1 Cup Soymilk
1/3 Cup plus 2 tablespoons Canola Oil
1 teaspoon Almond extract
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
* Using an electric mixer, blend the egg replacer until well-blended and frothy, about 2 minutes. Set aside.
* Sift all the dry ingredients EXCEPT the almond meal in a large mixing bowl. After sifted, stir in the almond meal.
*Add the remaining wet ingredients and the citrus zests to the egg replacer and mix well, then add the dry ingredients in two or three batches and mix until well blended.
*Fill cupcake liners about 2/3 full and bake for about 15 to 20 mins. at 350F. Watch carefully if you use the Xylitol because it can be sneaky and burn up on you.
1/2 cup non-hydrogenated, non-dairy margarine, softened
3 cups powdered sugar
2/3 cups Dutch Processed cocoa powder
1 teaspoon Cayenne (opt.)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon orange extract
1 teaspoon lime zest
2 tablespoons orange sugar syrup (from candied oranges)
1 or 2 tablespoons water or non-dairy milk, as needed to thin frosting
*Sift the powdered sugar, cocoa, and Cayenne together and set aside. Cream the butter until light and fluffy, then add the sugar mixture in two or three batches until fluffyness has been regained. Then add your extracts, syrup, and milk/water if necessary.
*Frost cupcakes, decorate with the orangettes, and lightly dust with cinnamon.


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Kewanee Hospital hosts Golf Fitness Workshop
Kewanee Hospital's Business Relations Committee will help take the edge off local golfers' spring fever with its second annual Golf Fitness Workshop.
The event, scheduled from 1 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, will offer tips and screenings from a variety of golf experts.
"There is no golfer out there who doesn't think he or she could be a little bit better," said Jerry Grebner, chairman of the Business Relations Committee. "It is our goal to offer a workshop that is valuable to junior and recreational golfers, as well as seasoned golfers."
Participants should allow approximately two hours to get through the available lessons and screenings at the event.
Kewanee Hospital Rehabilitation Services staff members Amanda Kocis, DPT; Brea Christiansen, DPT; Ian Swindler, ATC/L; and Kim Becker, PTA will take workshop participants through seven basic athletic movements that assess mobility and stability of body regions, with emphasis on golf-specific movements.
Attendees also will have the opportunity to have club fittings with golf reps, participate in speed trial events, and receive private lessons from golf pro Jeff Roche.
Roche is the director of golf at Metamora Fields Golf Club and head men's golf coach at Bradley University. For the second year in a row, he brings his expertise to Kewanee, giving a presentation on starting the spring season, fine-tuning your swing, choosing the right clubs and proper stance.
Colby Horsley, manager of Kewanee Dunes, will offer information on course amenities and rates, as well as discounted merchandise.
Brian Johnson, from the Kewanee Park District's Baker Park Golf Course, will also be available to answer questions regarding the course and rates.
Liz Jones, massage therapist at Kewanee Hospital, will be available to relieve aches and pains with chair massages.
Additional screenings available will include nutritional guides, weight and waist measurement, body fat percentage, body mass index and blood pressure.
"I attended last year's workshop and it really made me aware of my strengths, but more importantly of my weaknesses," said Dave Harker. "I had no idea how much balance and flexibility could impact my golf swing."
For more information on the Golf Fitness Workshop, call the marketing & development office at 852-7822, e-mail information @kewanee hospital.com, visit www.kewanee hospital.com, or follow Kewanee Hospital on Facebook.


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Armed group that forced over 1,500 government officials to quit now threatens pastors.
KATHMANDU, Nepal, September 16 (CDN) — A year after police busted an underground militant Hindu organization that had bombed a church and two mosques, Nepal's Christians are facing new threats.
An underground group that speaks with bombs and has coerced hundreds of government officials into quitting their jobs is threatening Christian clergy with violence if they do not give in to extortion demands, Christian leader said.
The Nepal Christian Society (NCS), an umbrella group of denominations, churches and organizations, met in the Kathmandu Valley yesterday (Sept. 15) to discuss dangers amid reports of pastors receiving phone calls and letters from the Unified National Liberation Front (Samyukta Jatiya Mukti Morcha), an armed group demanding money and making threats. The group has threatened Christian leaders in eastern and western Nepal, as well as in the Kathmandu Valley.
"The pastors who received the extortion calls do not want to go public for fear of retaliation," said Lok Mani Dhakal, general secretary of the NCS. "We decided to wait and watch a little longer before approaching police."
The Front is among nearly three dozen armed groups that mushroomed after the fall of the military-backed government of the former king of Nepal, Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah, in 2006. It became a household name in July after 34 senior government officials – designated secretaries of village development committees – resigned en masse, pleading lack of security following threats by the Front.
Ironically, the resignations occurred in Rolpa, a district in western Nepal regarded as the cradle of the communist uprising in 1996 that led to Nepal becoming a secular federal republic after 10 years of civil war.
Nearly 1,500 government officials from 27 districts have resigned after receiving threats from the Front. Despite its apparent clout, it remains a shadowy body with little public knowledge about its leaders and objectives. Though initially active in southern Nepal, the group struck in the capital city of Kathmandu on Saturday (Sept. 11), bombing a carpet factory.
The emergence of the new underground threat comes a year after police arrested Ram Prasad Mainali, whose Nepal Defense Army had planted a bomb in a church in Kathmandu, killing three women during a Roman Catholic mass.
Christians' relief at Mainali's arrest was short-lived. Besides facing threats from a new group, the community has endured longstanding animosity from the years when Nepal was a Hindu state; the anti-Christian sentiment refuses to die four years after Parliament declared the nation secular.
When conversions were a punishable offense in Nepal 13 years ago, Ishwor Pudasaini had to leave his home in Giling village, Nuwakot district, because he became a Christian. Pudasaini, now a pastor in a Protestant church, said he still cannot return to his village because of persecution that has increased with time.
"We are mentally tortured," the 32-year-old pastor told Compass. "My mother is old and refuses to leave the village, so I have to visit her from time to time to see if she is all right. Also, we have some arable land, and during monsoon season it is imperative that I farm it. But I go in dread."
Pudasaini, who pastors Assembly of God Church, said that when he runs into his neighbors, they revile him and make threatening gestures. His family is not allowed to enter any public place, and he is afraid to spend nights in his old home for fear of being attacked. A new attack occurred in a recent monsoon, when villagers disconnected the family's water pipes.
"Things reached such a head this time that I was forced to go to the media and make my plight public," he says.
Pudasaini, his wife Laxmi and their two children have been living in the district headquarters, Bidur town. His brother Ram Prasad, 29, was thrown out of a local village's reforms committee for becoming a Christian. Another relative in the same village, Bharat Pudasaini, lost his job and was forced to migrate to a different district.
"Bharat Pudasaini was a worker at Mulpani Primary School," says Pudasaini. "The school sacked him for embracing Christianity, and the villagers forced his family to leave the village. Even four years after Nepal became officially secular, he is not allowed to return to his village and sell his house and land, which he wants to, desperately. He has four children to look after, and the displacement is virtually driving the family to starvation."
Since Bidur, where the administrative machinery is concentrated, is safe from attacks, Pudasani said it is becoming a center for displaced Christians.
"There are dozens of persecuted Christians seeking shelter here," he said.
One such displaced person was Kamla Kunwar, a woman in her 30s whose faith prompted her husband to severely beat her and throw her out of their home in Dhading district in central Nepal. She would eventually move in with relatives in Nuwakot.
Pudasaini said he chose not to complain of his mistreatment, either to the district administration or to police, because he does not want to encourage enmity in the village.
"My religion teaches me to turn the other cheek and love my enemies," he said. "I would like to make the village come to Christ. For that I have to be patient."
Dozens of villages scattered throughout Nepal remain inimical to Christians. In May, five Christians, including two women, were brutally attacked in Chanauta, a remote village in Kapilavastu district where the majority are ethnic Tharus.
Once an affluent people, the Tharus were displaced by migrating hordes from the hills of Nepal, as well as from India across the border, and forced into slavery. Today, they are considered to be "untouchables" despite an official ban on that customary practice of abuse and discrimination. In the villages, Tharus are not allowed to enter temples or draw water from the sources used by other villagers.
Tharus, like other disadvantaged communities, have been turning to Christianity. Recently five Tharu Christians, including a pastor and two evangelists, were asked to help construct a Hindu temple. Though they did, the five refused to eat the meat of a goat that villagers sacrificed before idols at the new temple.
Because of their refusal, the temple crowd beat them. Two women – Prema Chaudhary, 34, and Mahima Chaudhary, 22 – were as badly thrashed as Pastor Simon Chaudhari, 30, and two evangelists, Samuel Chaudhari, 19, and Prem Chaudhari, 22.
In June, a mob attacked Sher Bahadur Pun, a 68-year-old Nepali who had served with the Indian Army, and his son, Akka Bahadur, at their church service in Myagdi district in western Nepal. Pun suffered two fractured ribs.
The attack occurred after the Hindu-majority village decided to build a temple. All villagers were ordered to donate 7,000 rupees (US$93), a princely sum in Nepal's villages, and the Christians were not spared. While the Puns paid up, they refused to worship in the temple. Retaliation was swift.
The vulnerability of Christians has escalated following an administrative vacuum that has seen violence and crime soar. Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, who had been instrumental in the church bombers' arrest, resigned in June due to pressure by the opposition Maoist party. Since then, though there have been seven rounds of elections in Parliament to choose a new premier, none of the two contenders has been able to win the minimum votes required thanks to bitter infighting between the major parties.
An eighth round of elections is scheduled for Sept. 26, and if that too fails, Nepal will have lost four of the 12 months given to the 601-member Parliament to write a new constitution.
"It is shameful," said Believers Church Bishop Narayan Sharma. "It shows that Nepal is on the way to becoming a failed state. There is acute pessimism that the warring parties will not be able to draft a new constitution [that would consolidate secularism] by May 2011."
Sharma said there is also concern about a reshuffle in the largest ruling party, the Nepali Congress (NC), set to elect new officers at its general convention starting Friday (Sept. 17). Some former NC ministers and members of Parliament have been lobbying for the restoration of a Hindu state in Nepal; their election would be a setback for secularism.
"We have been holding prayers for the country," Sharma said. "It is a grim scene today. There is an economic crisis, and Nepal's youths are fleeing abroad. Women job-seekers abroad are increasingly being molested and tortured. Even the Maoists, who fought for secularism, are now considering creating a cultural king. We are praying that the political deadlock will be resolved, and that peace and stability return to Nepal."
Report from Compass Direct News


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Old rivals split
Sturgis and Three Rivers split a a doubleheader Tuesday as the Lady Wildcats topped the Trojans, while the Sturgis boys defeated Three Rivers.
Three Rivers 51, Sturgis 29 (girls)
After allowing the opening basket to visiting Sturgis, Three Rivers scored the next 21 points to take control of the contest between the county rivals.
The fact that the Wildcats already had played a game was factor.
"I think with a game under our belts, we did a lot better job of knowing we were where we needed to be defensively," Three Rivers coach Jason Bingaman said. "We didn't try to steal the ball. We just wanted to press the basketball, turn the dribbler. It picked up the tempo for us, which I think is better for us offensively and was able to build us some confidence early on."
Sturgis coach Brian Beebe added, "They have a Division I player and they played a game last week and those two things showed very clearly."
The player Beebe is referring to is Wildcat Teagan Reeves. She finished with 11 points and 11 rebounds, while classmate Linsey Masnari topped all scorers with 17 points.
"Their our horses and that's who we expect to go through," Bingaman said of his junior duo. "It no surprise. It's not like a team is going to come in here and wonder 'who are they going to play through'. Sturgis did a nice job of kind of limiting Teagan, but at the same time, Teagan was able to get the ball to other girls in spots. She created things for us and that's what she has to do offensively."
Breann Lester, who had 11 points including three 3-points, and Clautia Pou with a pair of triples and six points were some of the recipients of Reeves pass outs to the perimeter.
The Trojans' Rachel Anderson, who finished with a team-high nine points, opened the scoring with a drive to the basket.Lester answered with a long jumper moments later. Helped by seven points by Masnari, the Wildcats led 16-2 after the opening period.
"We have three freshmen and three sophomores on the floor and played our first game," Beebe said. "Those two things, especially at the beginning, showed clearly."
Masnari scored the first five points of the second quarter.
"I thought for the most part we did a good job on Teagan, but we just lost Masnari," Beebe said. "She just killed us. Those are things, as a young team, we have to learn from."
Bingaman thought his team's offense flowed better than in their opener.
"We did a better job of attacking gaps," he said. "We're beginning to become a little more comfortable with a few more girls on the court to know where our advantages are and we were able to hit some of those advantages with ball-reversals and some of our sets that we'll do."
A bucket in the final second by the Trojans' Nicolette Nelson trimmed the Wildcat lead to 26-9 at halftime.
The Trojan offense, sparked by a stronger defensive effort, played better after the break
"In the second half, we weren't planning on pressuring, but it was working," Beebe said. "We forced tempo, we still made mistakes, but at least it jump-started what we needed to do offensively."
Three Rivers was able to withstand the Trojan pressure, and aided by back-to-back threes by Lester late in the period, increased the lead to 39-18 after three quarters.
"The effort level in the third quarter on, we did such a better job," Beebe said. "We've got some athletes. if we can match of those two, we're going to match up with other teams, it's just a matter of being disciplined and understanding better what we need to do."
Marissa Parker added seven points for Sturgis, Madison Shepherd hit for six, Nelson finished with three and Courtney Lovelace had two.
Marissa Wyngarden, Holly Hines and Cory Sanders each added two points for Three Rivers.
Sturgis 60, Three Rivers 36 (boys)
Sturgis coach Keith Kurowski loves defense and this year's team has picked up right where it left off last season.
"I really was happy with what we did on the defensive end tonight," he said. "I think we really established how we wanted to play with a good, aggressive, man-to-man defense. I think we have a chance to be as good or better than last year's team defensively."
Sturgis limited to single-digits in three of the four quarters. The Trojans led 10-8 after the first quarter.
A 3-pointer by Patrick Haas, off a feed from Tyler Bennett, sparked the Trojan offense in the second quarter.
"They made some shots, they shot lights-out in the first half from three and that put us in a hole," Wildcat coach Mike Carhart said. "They would outscore the Wildcats 24-8 in the second period. Chance Stewart finished the period with an offensive putback in the waning moments.
"Nobody plays any harder that Chance Stewart in our league," Kurowski said. "I think he had close to 20 rebounds."
The Trojans control of the glass hurt the Wildcats.
"We dug the rest of the hole by not boxing out," Carhart said. "Sturgis is a great team when it comes to sending they're players in to crash the boards and we had our bigs boxing out their big guys, but we forgot to box out the perimeter guys and they came in and got some easy points."
Sturgis was able to get some steals from their pressure in the second half that allowed the Trojans to pull away to the win.
"We parlayed that defense into some easy transition baskets," Kurowski said. "We got out and ran."
Sturgis led 45-25 after three quarters.
Jalen Cox led Sturgis with 21 points, including four triples, Haas and Stewart each tossed in 12, Eduardo Portillo added eight, Jack Scheske hit a triple and Seven Jones and Nick Rehm each had two.


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Climbing's Insidious Danger: Rockfall
At about 11 a.m. on July 26, several groups of climbers were navigating one of Colorado's most famous ridge traverses, the line of blocks and gendarmes that separates El Diente Peak (14,159 feet) from Mount Wilson (14,246 feet) in the San Miguel Range. Though popular, the traverse is notorious for choss and proved deadly this morning.
At about 11 a.m. on July 26, several groups of climbers were navigating one of Colorado's most famous ridge traverses, the line of blocks and gendarmes that separates El Diente Peak (14,159 feet) from Mount Wilson (14,246 feet) in the San Miguel Range. Though popular, the traverse is notorious for choss and proved deadly this morning. A group of five had just left the summit of El Diente and was negotiating a steep gully heading east toward Mount Wilson when a climber above displaced a band of balanced stones. The rocks fell, striking Peter Topp, 59, Charlie Zimmerman, 60, and Kathy Donnelly, 31. Zimmerman and Donnelly sustained less serious injuries, but despite wearing a helmet, Topp, an experienced climber, was struck in the head by a large rock, fell 40 feet and died.
A similar tragic accident happened on August 14 when Spencer James Nelson, 20, was struck in the head by a rock dislodged by a climber above during the traverse between North (14,014 feet) and South (14,156 feet) Maroon Peaks. Nelson, a top ski racer at the University of Colorado, fell 600 feet and died. He was also wearing a helmet.
While capricious weather — lightning, whiteout and freezing temperatures — are often cited as terribly dangerous, loose rock knocked off by climbers and hikers probably kills more climbers than any other objective hazard. With peak bagging's popularity — the park service estimates that 15,000 people climb Longs Peak (14,259 feet) each year — the risk of being hit by dislodged rocks is great. Crowded routes and chossy rock are a volatile mix that result in numerous deaths and injuries.
Climbers assume risk any time they venture onto the steeps. Some peaks and routes are undoubtedly more risky than others, however. The Maroon Bells, for example, the name given to the dual peaks where Nelson died, were nicknamed the Deadly Bells after eight people died in five separate accidents in 1965. They are, as noted on a Forest Service trailhead sign, downsloping, loose, rotten and unstable. Similarly, the El Diente/Wilson traverse where Topp died has exposed climbing on loose rock.
Consider avoiding loose routes, but if you choose to venture onto them, minimize rockfall dangers by:
- Moving in small groups, and staying close together so you can watch/spot each other.
- Don't place pro behind potentially loose features, especially cams, which can expand and dislodge blocks.
- Don't climb below other parties and position yourself out of the trajectory of potential rockfall when following your partner or belaying. Wait while a partner crosses certain sections.
- Communicate with people below you before committing to loose sections. Give them time to move out of the way. If you do knock something off, yell, Rock!
- Test holds before cranking on them. Pull down, not out, on suspect holds.
- Avoid leading or rappelling over sections that require pulling your rope across loose blocks.
- Choose ridges and avoid gullies when route-finding.
- Get an early start and climb loose sections while they are cemented with ice.
- Look for natural shelters like overhangs that protect you from rockfall and utilize them. Move quickly through exposed zones.
- Wear a helmet.